March Week 1 for K-5th grade

Hello Parents!
I am really excited about this month for a couple reasons... one being our Family Fuel service! For those of you who don't know what this service is, Fuel is a a time for you and your children to come to church together! We have praise and worship together, a Bible lesson, games, skits..... and FUN! This is one way we at Central want to partner with you the parent. The other reason I am excited about this month is our Focus this month is Honesty. This is a big topic because the world teaches us that it is ok to tell that little "white" lie... and that it's ok to lie to get what you want or need.
God on the other hand... He tells us in no uncertain terms not to lie or to take what's not ours (Exodus 20:15-16). "There are six things the Lord hates, seven that are detestable to him" (Proverbs 6:16-19)... "haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are quick to rush to evil, a false witness who pours out lies and a man who stirs up dissension among brothers.... (consider how many items on that list relate to deceit!)

For our first weekend in March we will be talking about when Joseph's brothers lied to Jacob.
Let me encourage you this week to read this story with you child and talk about how Joseph's brothers were not honest. Talk about who was hurt by those lies.
A great illustration of dishonesty is a spider web. When we lie to one person... we may have to lie to cover up the first lie... and then have to lie again to cover up that lie... and so on... until we are caught up in a huge tangled web of lies and deceit... and to undo it is hard... and messy... and it doesn't just hurt us... it hurts those around us... those people we should care about the most!